Sal Yvars

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: February 20, 1924 in New York, NY us

Died: December 10, 2008 in Valhalla, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: White Plains HS (White Plains, NY)

Debut: September 27, 1947 (Age 23-219d, 10,371st in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 30-218d)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Salvador Anthony Yvars

Pronunciation: \EE-varz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

418

102

.244

RBI

OBP

.315

SLG

.345

OPS

.659

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
3	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS	23	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
5	12 (1)	Apr 28	NYG		MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	13	Apr 29	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	14	Apr 30	NYG		MLN	W,1-0	GF	21	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15	May 1	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	16	May 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	17	May 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	18	May 6	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	22 (3)	May 10 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	23	May 12	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	24	May 13	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-11	GF	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
15	25	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	45	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	26	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
17	29 (2)	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	44 (14)	Jun 7 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-10		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	45	Jun 7 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	48 (2)	Jun 10	NYG		MLN	L,5-6		20	4.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
				Player went from New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals
21	64	Jun 24	STL		NYG	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	66 (1)	Jun 26	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
23	67	Jun 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	70 (2)	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
25	71	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,3-10	GS	41	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	73 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	GF	15	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
27	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	85 (9)	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-14	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	86	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,6-14	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	94 (6)	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
32	98 (3)	Jul 30	STL		PIT	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
33	99	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	101 (1)	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,10-1	GS	22	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	108 (6)	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GF	24	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	111 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	115 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	15	2.2	2	1	0	3	1	C
38	123 (7)	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	126 (2)	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
40	127	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	128	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	129	Aug 30	STL	@	BRO	L,4-20	GS	45	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	137 (7)	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	MLN	T,3-3	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	140 (2)	Sep 9	STL		NYG	L,3-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
45	141	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,7-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	144 (2)	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,17-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							46gm		252.1	146	20	1	167	4